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Sharp Isomorphism


The sharp isomorphism on a Riemannian manifold with Riemannian metric g is the map from the cotangent bundle to the tangent bundle characterized by

 g(alpha^♯,X)=alpha(X),

for every covector alpha and tangent vector X. In coordinates, it sends components alpha_j to alpha^i=g^(ij)alpha_j, where g^(ij) is the inverse metric, so it is also called index raising. The sharp isomorphism is the inverse of the flat isomorphism.


See also

Cotangent Bundle, Flat Isomorphism, Index Raising, Musical Isomorphism, Tangent Bundle

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References

Jost, J. Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis, 7th ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61860-9.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Sharp Isomorphism." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SharpIsomorphism.html

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